Isaac Asimov

a.k.a.Isaak Yudovich Ozimov, Paul French *

Author Code: AIAZ

Born: Jan. 2, 1920 - Petrovichi, Russia

Died: Apr. 6, 1992 - New York City, New York, USA

Asimov's family emigrated to America when he was only 3 years old. A precocious child, he began writing stories when he was still a child. Educated at Seth Low Junior College and Columbia University, Asimov received his master's degree in chemistry in 1941. It was at this time that he began contributing short stories to science fiction magazines such as Astounding Science Fiction. His first story, Marooned off Vesta, was published in Amazing Stories in 1939. During World War II, Asimov worked at the U.S. Naval Air Experimental Station in Philadelphia before spending time in the U.S. Army in 1946. He returned to Columbia and took his PhD in chemistry in 1948. The following year he joined the faculty of Boston University School of Medicine as an associate professor of biochemistry. He left in 1958 to concentrate exclusively on his writing. From 1940 until his death, Asimov became the most influential and successful science-fiction writer of the 20th century. His Robot and Foundation series were phenomenally successful and his story Nightfall (1941), has been considered the greatest sci-fi story of all time. Asimov was a prolific writer, producing novels, short stories, essays and articles and a great deal of scientific, non-fictional works. In 1950, he founded Science Fiction Magazine and during his career was the recipient of many awards, including the prestigious Hugo award on many occasions. Asimov died from complications brought about by AIDS, which he had contracted during a blood transfusion in 1983. His many works include Strange Playfellow (1940), Foundation (1942), I, Robot (1950), Foundation and Empire (1952), Second Foundation (1953), The Caves of Steel (1954), The End of Eternity (1955), The Naked Sun (1957), Fantastic Voyage (1955), Through a Glass, Clearly (1967), Our World in Space (1974), In Memory Yet Green (1979), In Joy Still Felt (1980), Exploring the Earth and the Cosmos (1982), Foundation and Earth (1986) and Nemesis (1989).

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AIAZ008

The Ancient and the Ultimate

1973

8

139k

AIAZ011

Bill and I

1971

8

189k

AIAZ023

The Bookworm

1971

3

154k

AIAZ004

Button, Button

1953

13

356k

AIAZ007

The Cinderella Compound

1973

8

187k

AIAZ009

The Clock in the Sky

1972

8

154k

AIAZ014

Darwinian Pool Room

1950

6

283k

AIAZ022

Fair Exchange?

1978

10

254k

AIAZ012

Feeling of Power

1958

9

184k

AIAZ024

The Flaming God

1976

5

174k

AIAZ003

Gold

1991

22

239k

AIAZ005

Hot Stuff

1962

8

219k

AIAZ025

Land Life: A Speculation

1973

2

151k

AIAZ002

The Last Question

1956

11

232k

AIAZ006

The Light Fantastic

1962

9

233k

AIAZ019

Little Lost Robot

1947

20

245k

AIAZ017

The Martian Way

1952

41

314k

AIAZ015

Misbegotten Missionary

1950

13

207k

AIAZ016

No More Ice Ages?

1959

9

225k

AIAZ020

The Secret Sense

1941

9

182k

AIAZ021

Silly Asses

1958

3

188k

AIAZ018

Slow Burn

1962

8

203k

AIAZ013

Through the Micro-Glass

1973

8

211k

AIAZ010

The Tragedy of the Moon

1972

8

205k

AIAZ026

The Ultimate Speed Limit

1972

6

182k

AIAZ001

Youth

1952

31

237k

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